Gothic Romance Meme

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Gothic Romance Meme

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…


The story goes like this: There is a house. It may be haunted. The house has a resident, or two, who has some secrets. They may be charming, or brooding, often both. Someone may have been murdered. A newcomer arrives, either as bride, governess, or journalist, and they begin to unravel all the secrets and lies lurking within the house of Usher.

Locations may be in any country, in any era, but there must be a gloomy and opulent old mansion, and some sort of dark and terrible secret to be uncovered (or just ghosts. ghosts are always an option.)

The Newcomer
1. The new bride or groom. Your new spouse is charming and attractive, but do you really know all their secrets?
2. Tutor or governess to the estate children. They seem like such innocent children.
3. Companion—perhaps as a chaperone, perhaps merely as company, but you’ve been hired to come to some remote old house to keep an unknown stranger company. Probably just reading to them, or listening to them chatter on whenever travel is required.
4. Hired hand. You’ve been hired up from the local village—or perhaps the city—as a footman or a maid. Just an ordinary job. Nice house, though.
5. Distant relation. Thanks to your circumstances, you’re reduced to accepting hospitality from some remote relations of yours. They may never turn up to family gatherings, and you’ve never heard much about them, but they’re probably just reclusive.
6. Journalist. You’ve heard some interesting rumours about this old mansion in the middle of nowhere.
7. The neighbour. You know that things are not quite right in that old house on the hill. Perhaps you feel it’s your duty to interfere. Perhaps you’re just curious. Perhaps you are childhood friends with the house’s resident.

The Resident
1. Past transgressions. Perhaps a mad wife in the attic? Someone buried in the cellar?
2. The unquiet dead. Look, you just live here. You’re not responsible for the ghosts. Even if they do all seem to be related to you.
3. The monster. You are the thing in the house to be feared. Actual monsters or monster AUs totally an option here! Vampires, werewolves, beasts and horrors all possible. Perhaps put an ordinary face on when you receive your new guest.
4. Wildcard. Choose your own deep dark secret: maybe your character naturally comes with one.

Comments

Alcuin no Delaunay ( Kushiel's Dart )

[alcuin_delaunay]

[The newcomer. Either new groom, companion, or language tutor/translator (prefer not tutor to children).]

Moira MacTaggert | X-Men (Comics) | OTA

[scottish_moira]

[Governess or journalist if newcomer. Past transgressions if resident.]

Selene | Starfighter: Eclipse | M/M

[ombremoon]

[Newcomer. Open to any of the options and very open to AUs and cross-canon.]

Ashe of Dalmasca ; FFXII ; OTA

[dalmascanqueen]

Griffith | Berserk

[forakingdom]

[Open to everything. The creepier and darker the better.]

Carmilla Karnstein | Carmilla

[sleepsinblood]

[Definitely the resident and the monster in that case. She even has a castle! though it'd have to be rebuilt]

Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC || m/m

[desecrated]

Scarecrow | Batman Arkham Knight | ota

[doctor_terror]

[The Resident. Possibly either the monster or a scientist who has horrific experiments going on in the basement.]

The Rat King | TMNT (2012) | m/m

[rateyes]

[The Resident. Lovecraft homage, anyone?]

Radu Vladislas | Subspecies | M/M

[raduvladislas]

[Resident vampire]

THE BLOOOOOODSTOOOOOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE holy hell how can I not tag this...

[noctyourking]

yes? no? :c

Sherlock Holmes (rule 63!) || Sherlock || f/f or canonmates

[actuallyagirlsname]

Rita Du Clark | iZombie | ota

[unheeled]

[She's the monster locked up in the basement by her father for fear she might kill him. Or, as damnedsel, she's the heiress who will own the house with monsters in the basement.]

cassie holmes ✫ push

[acrappyartist]

Molly Hooper | BBC Sherlock | OTA

[wealldosillythings]

[Open to bride, hired hand, companion, distant relation, and wildcard.]

Fumikage Tokoyami | My Hero Academia | m/m

[unfortunatechemistry]

[Resident, open to any of the options.]

Raphael Santiago | Shadowhunters

[nightchildren]

gellert grindelwald. hp/fbawtft.

[roblet]

[ If he's the newcomer, he's likely the companion or the (fake) distant relation. If he's older, then either of the above or a tutor to an (adult) resident.

If he's the resident, he's likely to be the monster at either age.

m/m for anything sexual; ota for more chaste "romance." Any romantic feelings will be one-sided, but he's good at pretending. ]

Lucy Preston | Timeless | OTA

[timetrek]

Genya Arikado/Alucard | Castlevania | OTA

[horriblealiases]

Michael Darkholme | Marvel Comics | OTA

[enisled]

[Canonically the monster locked away. No smut pls.]

Kara Danvers | Supergirl | OTA

[iisupergirlii]

[newcomer. 2, 3, 4, 6, or 7. or choose your own adventure with her idc. open to writing starters, open to OCs, come at me.]

Mia Winters | Resident Evil 7 | OTA

[mommywinters]

[voicetesting. still. can be the newcomer or the resident, up for anything.]

The Dragonborn | Skyrim | OTA

[drehnifusbahi]

[Newcomer, in hired hand, companion, tutor, or journalist varieties. Also open to playing him as the resident, either on this journal or the younger version goraandovah. Cross-canon ok, open to OCs.]

Armand | The Vampire Chronicles | OTA

[destenebres]

[Resident vampire. Unlikely to take a spouse or hire a tutor, but open to all other types of newcomer.]

lacie baskerville ; pandora hearts; ota

[perpetua]

[ ah, yes. the resident. ]